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<h1>Change settings in CotEditor on Mac</h1>

<p>Use CotEditor settings to make the editor’s appearance, behavior, and document handling work best for you.</p>


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	<li><p>Go to the CotEditor app <img class="appicon" srcset="../../Shared/gfx/icon_32x32@2x.png 2x" alt=""/> on your Mac.</p></li>
	<li><p>Choose CotEditor &gt; Settings, then click a settings pane:</p><ul>
		<li><p><a href="settings_general.html">General</a>:
			Choose how documents are opened and saved and to adjust other basic behaviors.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_appearance.html">Appearance</a>:
			Set how documents appear, including font, line height, and colors.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_window.html">Window</a>:
			Control how document windows look and behave.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_edit.html">Edit</a>:
			Choose how the editor behaves while editing.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_mode.html">Mode</a>:
			Adjust how editors behave depending on the document type.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_format.html">Format</a>:
			Set the default options for documents, such as line endings and text encoding, and to manage syntaxes.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_snippets.html">Snippets</a>:
			Define preset text to create preset text that you can insert with a command or by dropping a file onto the editor.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_keybindings.html">Key Bindings</a>:
			Change keyboard shortcuts for menu commands.</p></li>
			
		<li><p><a href="settings_donation.html">Donation</a>:
			Support the CotEditor project by offering coffee.</p></li>
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<p>To learn more about the options in a pane, click <object type="image/svg+xml" class="symbol" data="../../Shared/gfx/help.svg">the Help button</object> at the bottom of the pane.</p>
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